Shirley Jackson

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Early LifeBorn in San Francisco on December 14, 1916Spent her childhood in nearby Burlingame, California.She attended the University of Rochester and then Syracuse UniversityShe became fiction editor of the campus humor magazine. Personal lifeShe met her husand at Syracuse University.Both graduated 1940moved to New Yorkhad 4 kidsBoth founded a magazine named "Spectre"

NovelsThe Road Through the Wall (1948)Hangsaman (1951)The Bird's Nest (1954)The Sundial (1958)The Haunting of Hill House (1959)We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962)DiedOn August 8 1965died of unexpected heart falure while taking a nap. The lotterypublished in 1948been published in dozens of langueges has been taught in US high schools Possibley the most well known short story in the 20th century.Shirley JacksonStory collectionsThe Lottery and Other Stories (Farrar, Straus, 1949)The Magic of Shirley Jackson (Farrar, Straus, 1966)Come Along with Me (Viking, 1968)Just an Ordinary Day (Bantam, 1995)Let Me Tell You (Random House, 2015)